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Excerpt from The Dean of Lismore's Book: A Selection of Ancient Gaelic Poetry, From a Manuscript Collection Made by Sir James McGregor, Dean of Lismore, in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century Assuming, then, that Ossianic poems existed in the Highlands of Scotland, and were both preserved by oral tradition, and transcribed in Ms. Collections, the question arises, What is their real position in the literature of the Highlands? And this question leads to a preliminary question which will materially aid its solution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.